I promise, I'll take care of it personally."A look of relief filled Maria's face as she took Jim's hand with both of hers and thanked him. He said it ...as nothing, the least he could do for an old neighbor.Jim stood at the counter and watched Maria exit and disappear around the hallway corner. He then took another minute for his hard-on to go down before getting back to work himself."Damn Jimmy," Alex Willis, his best friend on the job asked him as he went back to the twin copiers both of them. The battle didn’t rage for long once the Lazarus clan joined in and once it was over the last thing she heard was Nick screaming over the storm. ‘You won’t be able to protect her all the time big man, she’s mine, all three of them are mine, and the more their souls are soiled, the easier you make it for me to get to them.‘ Then he was gone, only the all too familiar sound of his powerful Harley roaring off and then silence, even the storm had moved on, leaving only the sound of a gentle rain. It was white, and the outlines were there, in plain sight.Dolly raced around the counter, and threw herself into Sharon's arms, hugging and kissing her. It was the first such embrace she could recollect Dolly giving anyone, except Mary, and then was only given in private, like the other day, in Mary's office, when she hugged and kissed Mary, and on the cheek, at that. "WELL, WELL, WELL!!! LOOK WHO'S ALL SUNSHINE AND DAISIES THIS MORNING!!!" she observed. "How did the date go? As if I had to. Two neighbouring cottages provided the dormitories, mainly in individual rooms but with a few for couples."I've put you in room four like you requested Roy, only two couples this time so the double room was free," Peter Fletcher, the warden and tutor for the course informed them, "I know you like the view over the sea and there's room if you have company." He glanced at Lillian who immediately wondered if Roy planned to seduce her. "Lillian you are in room seven at the end of the corridor,".